The choral music of the young Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds is steadily gaining appreciation across the world. The works on this new album owe their...continue...
Recording information: Ely Cathedral (01/18/2014); Trinity College Chapel (01/18/2014); Ely Cathedral (2013-07-03&2014-01-10_2014-); Trinity College Chapel (2013-07-03&2014-01-10_2014-)....continue...

Stephen Layton and Polyphony have a special relationship with the music of Arvo Pärt. The extraordinary purity of Polyphony's singing is the perfect vehicle for...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (08/01/2013-08/03/2013)....continue...

The Canticles are the crowning glory of the Anglican liturgy and have afforded the greatest opportunity for musical development within the Anglican rite. Thousands of...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Cathedral, London (2013-05-11&2013-05-13&2013-)....continue...

The latest recital album by Stephen Hough, "the thinking person's virtuoso" (The New York Times), takes the listener on a journey through that most intense...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (05/09/2013-05/10/2013)....continue...

Hyperion presents a rarity in their ongoing Anglo-Australian artistic collaboration: music by an Australian composer who was once at the heart of the English establishment....continue...
Recording information: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart (2012-07-18_2012-07-21&2013-)....continue...

On this album, the halls of Westminster Abbey ring with the voices of choir and organ lifted in the great hymns that are a vital...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Abbey (2012-10-04_2012-10-05&2013-)....continue...

Piers Lane gambols delightfully through the twentieth century in this album of encores, party pieces and a few pianophile rarities, ranging from Dame Myra Hess’s...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (06/06/2012-06/08/2012)....continue...

Under the inspirational direction of Matthew Owens, Wells Cathedral Choir has made a specialty of the performance of contemporary sacred music. The choir has commissioned...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St Andrew in Wells, Somerset (2012-06-12_2012-06-13&2012-)....continue...

Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway offer listeners another fascinating album of contemporary Baltic music. The primary work on the recording is based...continue...
Recording information: All Hollows, Gospel Oak, London (06/21/2012-06/23/2012)....continue...

The Westminster Cathedral Choir returns to acclaimed Scottish composer James MacMillan, whose powerful, passionate and luminous music has made him one of the best-loved choral...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral (2012-03-12_2012-03-13&2012-)....continue...

The Royal String Quartet, a wonderful young Polish ensemble, continues its exploration of the string quartet repertoire of its homeland with this album of music...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (03/26/2012-03/28/2012)....continue...

This recording from the Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendors of the liturgy in the simultaneously solemn and joyful period of Lent. On Miserere, masterworks...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)....continue...

The Latvian choral tradition is admired worldwide. Not only are the country's many choirs known for their striking vocal prowess, Latvian composers for this genre...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Riga, Latvia (2010-03-11_2010-03-12&2010-)....continue...

Every year on Advent Sunday, St. Paul's Cathedral in London holds a special Carol Service. This welcome reissue featuring the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England (06/23/1997-06/26/1997)....continue...

Composer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells, Somerset (2011-05-25_2011-05-26&2011-)....continue...

Swedish musician Bo Hansson is a man of many talents: a guitarist, and a composer of a wide range of music in folk and jazz...continue...
Recording information: Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire, England (01/06/2011-01/08/2011)....continue...

On Beyond All Mortal Dreams, Stephen Layton and his acclaimed Trinity College Choir perform a magnificent selection of American a cappella choral works. The recording...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (07/02/2010-07/05/2010)....continue...

This sensational new release from cellist Alban Gerhardt recaptures the novelty of the much-loved encores performed by Pablo Casals. Casals, one of the world's greatest...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (06/25/2010-06/27/2010)....continue...

James MacMillan is renowned for his highly original yet accessible choral music. His prolific output displays an intrinsic understanding of the human voice and his...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells, Somerset (2010-05-26_2010-05-27&2010-)....continue...

Latvian composer Eriks Eenvalds’ Passion & Resurrection for strings, choir and soloists is a powerful meditation on the story of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. Eschewing...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (04/10/2010); All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (04/12/2010-04/13/2010)....continue...

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London (01/03/2005-01/05/2005)....continue...

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: Caird Hall, Dundee (03/31/2003/04/01/2003)....continue...

Works: John Rutter: Requiem; Hymn to the Creator of Light; God be in my head; A Gaelic Blessing; Cantate Domino; Open Thou Mine Eyes, for chorus; A Prayer of St. Patrick for chorus; A Choral Fanfare; Birthd...
Performers:
Crabtree, Libby; Mannion, Rosa Conductors:
Layton, Stephen

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: 01/07/1997-01/09/1997....continue...

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London, England (01/02/2003-01/05/2003)....continue...

Jonathan Dove's beautiful choral works have made him into a household name among professional and amateur singers alike. His writing is eminently approachable yet highly...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral Church of St. Andrew in Wells, Somerset, Engl (2009-06-03_2009-06-04&2009-)....continue...

Organist and composer David Briggs studied with Jean Langlais in Paris and was profoundly influenced by the playing of Pierre Cochereau, Organist Titulaire at Notre...continue...
Recording information: Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England (07/08/2009-07/10/2009)....continue...

With choral music at the heart of musical life in the Baltics, it is not surprising that the medium has been a central preoccupation for...continue...
Recording information: Lady Chapel Of Ely Cathedral (08/04/2008-08/06/2008)....continue...

Rihards Dubra, born in Riga in 1964, spent his early years under a Soviet regime for which any public performances of sacred music were not...continue...
Recording information: St. Alban's Church, Holborn, London, England (01/09/2009-01/10/2009)....continue...

"One could be forgiven for thinking that this disc might just be a case of another classical pianist deciding to indulge a 'hidden passion' for...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (without Orchestra)."